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Quest Nutrition: innovators with purpose

December 7, 2018

While developing this year's Top 50 Snack & Bakery Companies list, I dug into the story behind Quest Nutrition and its stratospheric rate of growth over the years.

Keeping healthy grains in focus during the holidays

Christine Cochran

December 5, 2018

It's that time of year, the most wonderful time of year. The time for family, friends and, of course, food. Thanksgiving has come and gone, and so have the leftovers. Now we're in the throes of the holiday season with more gatherings every weekend.

Comax Flavors releases 2019 flavor trends

December 4, 2018

Healthier lifestyles have become a focus for today’s consumer with an increased interest in plant-based and probiotic foods and beverages.

New ingredients deliver nutritional and functional benefits for snack and bakery products

Consumers search for more protein and fiber in their diets.

Joyce Friedberg

November 5, 2018

Consumers want to achieve better overall health and wellness, and adding more dietary protein and fiber helps. FDA defines dietary fiber as "certain naturally occurring fibers that are 'intrinsic and intact' in plants, and added isolated or synthetic non-digestible soluble and insoluble carbohydrates that FDA has determined have beneficial physiological effects to human health."

Health-conscious sweets, snacks take the stage at 2018 Yummex Middle East

Show held at Dubai World Trade Centre from Oct. 30-Nov. 1.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

November 5, 2018

More than 8,500 visitors attended 2018 Yummex Middle East, the leading trade show for sweets and snacks in the Middle East and North Africa.

Kakookies wins 2018 ‘Best New Healthy School Snacks’ honors

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

October 23, 2018

Kakookies, an innovative line of better-for-you, single-serve cookies, has emerged with top honors in the 2018 Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery “Best New Healthy School Snacks” voting.

Fruit Bliss Fruit & Nut Bites

October 17, 2018

Snacks with clean labels, and particularly those that include fruit, are on the rise.

Improving snacks and baked goods with healthy grain ingredients

New grain ingredients deliver flavor, function and nutrition

Joyce Friedberg

September 13, 2018

Grains are fundamental ingredients in snacks and baked goods, providing function, flavor, texture and nutrition. Grains are classified as either whole grains or refined grains.

Best healthy school snacks of 2018

August 23, 2018

For the fourth annual Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery "Best Healthy School Snacks" survey, we gathered together some of the best healthy snack products and baked goods released within the past year or so. The products that make up the selections for this year's candidates all bring strong nutrition to snack time or the school cafeteria, and they all offer appealing flavor.

Better-for-you category offers more choices in ingredients, formats

Consumers search for clean-label ingredients in better-for-you products

Liz Parker Kuhn

August 14, 2018

As you walk down the aisle of your local grocery store nowadays, you'll find more better-for-you snack and bakery choices. Companies know that consumers are reading ingredient labels more closely, and even private label is getting in on the game.